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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JULY ; : 1903. kEm SCIENCE I AND i INVENTION I ls-asss.i mi m ' n i is i ,i . m. . n m i n , , ADJUSTABLE IT-SQUARE. ( ..'"That very useful and Indispensable ' ' Instrument ef the draftsman and art- "J..- . - , . X- " '- - - - ' laL the Tr-square, ha never been im- proved upon its orTgTnal'forin, but re main! practically the earn aa when originally designed. ' that tt 1 aus- ; ceptible of Improvement 1 demon Btrted In a recently patented device -ot a PhUadelDha" man. which . U hown In the accompanyinir lUustra : -c tfton (By .tha' jntroductlon ol a ad JiwtabU headpiece thla T-aquare cad u ; he' tnade td do the, work of the trl- ' ant fe of ' different degree. , In the headplec are' : aeveral adjuetable, atopa, whereby ang lea of 80,. 40 or 60 degrees can ba, Instantly formed. Angles of other degrees can also be mad by adjustment,. but these must . flfst .ba determined and the ruling , "edges seL They are then, alamped in ,. position by a. thumb-acrew. Such an r' Instrument ahould prove a Valuable ' '. . ttme-aayer V) - the draftaman, eape . 'dally In cases where numerous par . aliel Hnea -on aa angle art to , be -' drawn. " ' - , I iATEST UT SAFETY RAZOB.' ' ; Thf Introduction of the safety ra aor was undoubtedly welcomed by a great -many- men who found - It Im possible ttd, shave with the old-fash ' " toned raaor without cutting their faff,- 'in, direct varianca' with this la' the peculiar fact that those men who formerly uaM the old-fashlohed raiWv successfully were unable te " shav rtth( "the- safety razor without Injuring the face. .The difference in T tha methods f handling th two ras . ora readily accounts fvr thts. - A Beading tn tucamt aoquaJnted with ...the fact. a.nd accordingly designed ..the safety raaor shown here,. which r.,r - : ' , ft- ' . .. . , , - .V,:.,. J 'Jit1. ' "i, , r .'; ; ' ' "V'.-:. - - - i T ' ', , ' .-' t 4 ' ; - 'a'w .-:": iwa i -rv d Wst 8AM.E AS OLD-STTLB - ' ZOR. RA- ftfJ,fbrm' closely resembles the old- ; fashioned raaor, -and 1s manipulated v In mostly the same manner. A guard t - i is provided, as in the ordinary safety rastfr; .which ' Is attached directly td the handle, the blade of the razor b'e ':p intt detachable, and having two, sharp edges. The guard la also double-edg-ed, to protect both edges of the blade. Obviopsly, as one .edge becomes dull the other., can be brought into use, : and when - both are dull an , entirely a nev blade substituted. .. . . f : ;V 7 V .; TO' HANG PIOTtRES. v' r' The comic artlsta who deJight In s",';' "drawing he "henpecked" (Husband,' i v who endeavors to DroDerlr - hanar a picture ! from the top of aT rickety stcpiadaer,-will soon have to-abandon the subject, aa an Alabama man has . designed an attachment whereby the . picture can be readily adjusted from the floor. Aa shown In tha acoom- - panylng Illustration, the" hanger : Is frr' ' fastened' to the back of the picture v'-Vo frame one end of the cord being con nected with a revovlvlng drum. The cord Is shortened or lengthened by turning a handle on tha drum. .The picture can usually be readily reached , 4' from the -floor, the drum la easily ac- cesslble and can.be operated to place v5 ! ; VCORp "WINDS ON DRUM. -'the picture tn the exact spot de sired. .This eliminates the nuisance ot removing the picture from the wall and re- tying the . cord several times before the right length la finally de- '' termined. ; i:-"- S"?-: - . ICE ARD ,. HOLDER. - The old familiar cry of the' Ice man: "Ice? Not Clt Bpl- will event- nally be done away with- If house holdera, unlversaHy adopt tho contriv ance recently patented by a Missouri man. It la called an Ice card. Its purpose la to designate to the ice' man the quantity of Ice required that dar. doing away with the custom ot having the drive?.,- shout is Interro gation ever the baclt fence. It is very simple" In form, comprising a pivoted card which moves in front of an in dicator: r Printed on the card are the figures -1 a," - l $t -.--; 9li-x . designating the different , ouantitlea up - to 100 pounds. The house-holder mere ly Mti th- Indicator by, moving the card around until the pointer regis ters with . thaMmanutraha aesirea. Besides' doing away with the neces sity of the householder being on the lookout for tha ieeman the latter also INDICATES 'QUANTITY" OF ICK. savea considerable time, , aa he does not -have to wait for an answer, fiCBgrrrc'rE ron OAiutits. , The ordinary farter ' with clasp which is worn by the average man la generally rejected by the fellow who la endowed with, mora than the allot ted avoirdupola. He finds that 'the clasp chafea - his llmba. A clasp HOLDS THE STOCKINa TIGHT.' more suited to his purpose is shown here, the Invention of a Jersey City man. . It consists jf a wire loop, on which. Is spring-hinged a tongue hav ing a knob on the free end. Thla tongue fits tightly between the curved loops. The clasp Is placed over the top edge of a stocking, the tongue be ing swung free of the loops and the clasp slipped into position. , The top ot the ' stocking Is then drawn tight through the loops, so as to encompass the leg and the tongue allowed to spring Into closed position. TM top of .the stocking Is .hus-held tightly a-qdnd the leg, preventing Its Slipping town. All men who find garters dis agreeable will undoubtedly see the advantages of this .simple garter clasp. , ' . SCHOOL ROOM FURMTURE. . Few parents realize ' how ' uncom fortable are .the, desks. and Beats pro vided for children . in publle schools or they, would endeavor to Influence the directors to substitute others, of up-to-date construction and designed with om Idea of assuring ease to the pupils while working. A com bined desk, chair and. receptacle de signed along the proptr lines la shown there, patented by an Alabama man. ADJUSTABLE ' TO ' DIFFERENT ; ' ' HEIGHTS. . t 7-. ' - . The desk Is Adjustable, bo also are the' chair and the receptacle, the lat ter providing a convenient place at the sldo of . the chair, on which to flaca books, papers and similar arU cles. . Both desk . and ..the Chair can be adjusted to accommodate chil dren, of varying age-. 'All three of the parts are connected by Iron bars, so that they cannot be easily separat ed, after once adjusted. ; -T TOOL HAVING MAXx USES. - inventors have had little or no suc ceas designing new tools. for carpen ters and mechanics, so they naturally the same ime an element of doubt, employ tlnsir talents In an effort to combine in one too as many ot those more generally used aa they can. One of the most complicated of these im plements' is shown here, the invention ot a Kansas man. Its uses are vnany among which might be mentioned Ms employment as a nail-puller, bottle opener, screw driver, , pipe wrench, can-opener, gas pliers,, foot rule, hatchet, etc. Instead , of lugging a kit of tools with htm each day, ihe carpenter need carry but one or two w v p. ..' r v ..... ' ; combinations and he will have an implement mat will b found TOOL useful Vbrt : all' pur- POSES. '' useful quired. for almost -any purpose. ra A NEW DESK CHAIR, w . A South Dakota man' has devised a desk chair, which la handy for us In the home or in small schools. It con sists of an oYdlnary ' straight-back HANDY FOR CLOSE QUARTERS. Chair, with an adjustable flat surface supported on an adjustable brace. i The flat surface, or writing table, la fas tened to the top of the chair, ana can be widened or constricted as de sired. The brace, or support, sets on the back of the seat, and can be lengthened or shortened. When not In use the writing table can be fold ed In close to the back of the chair. and whejuneedod can be died at ny angle required. The writer, of course, needs another chair to sit upon, but the advantage of the desk-chair is Its economy of space. The device will be found useful in- ematf schools, aa It can be made to sell for a low price. Such chairs would also be found con venient In homes where there are several children who have lessons to do at night. ., , . . AWAY WITH THE ROD. . A man In Ohio has patented a de vice for carrying bricks by hand that is In several ways superior to the old method, and Is an advantage to .both the employer and the ' worklngman. This device consists of a clamp made TO CARRY HRIOK8 BY HAND. of two parallel Iron bars, with jaws at either end and slots in the sides. This clamp Is set down over a row of brick and locked with a bolt through the slots, so .that the bricks are held firmly by the jaws. The clamp, also has a handle, by means of which the load may ba picked up and 'carried about aa one would carry a dress suit case. The advantages of this device are aeveral. In the first place,- it weighs : much - leas than a hod and will carry more bricks. In tha sec ond place. If the bricks are placed In a line by another man the carriers can. till their clamps more rapidly, providing they Will do so.' In the third place, tha worklngmen need not bruise and skin their hands by han dling the bricks. - On building opera tiona where ladders must be climbed, however, the hod appears ' to have an advantage, aa It leaves) both hands tree. . .y e,.." ...-; J. . . : SI3IPLE EGG-TESTER, j- , Tha average person evidently aglnea that It Is Impassible) for dealer" to distinguish between lm the bad CNSOUXD EOG3 CAST SHADOW. of such :1 4. ergs and good eggs. This supposi tion Is natural inasmuch as bo many eggs of questionable purity reach the dinner table. If the dealer' desired he Could readily' discard v of doubtful age, as there are numerous devices for teating them. On of the most recent is shown lnthe accom panying illustration,'- patented by--a Minnesota- farmer. : It cons lata of a wooden, frame ..or -casing across- the top of which. Is a leather support for tne 4ss. th latter resting In flexible apertures. Jn the bottom ot the caa ing la an Inclined mirror. ' Mounted on the' uppr part of the frame is a light-reflecting hood In which is plac ed a, lamp or other auitabie llluml nant. In operation eggs are placed over the aperture, and. the light fall ing -.en the eggs will cast a shadow upon the mirror if they are unsound. The soundness Of the eggs is Indicated by the clearness sf the. light that falls through them upon the mirror. KrTOBEN SAFE! THAT FOLDS. Economy ot ' Spaca is so much sought after nowadaya that It is not Surprising to hear of the folding safe. This la the Invention of a Georgia man, and should be found useful to housewives who have no more room than they. need.. . The back and front of this safe is each made in one piece and tha aides are In two pieces. hinged In the middle, so that they- can be folded Inward," like the pleats of an accordeon, and the whole form PORTAELE AND SAVES ROOM. a' flat surface. When the safe Is erected, slides and a drawer fit Into the sides and two doors, hinged on the front, give access to the Interior. In houses with small kitchens and cramped pantry accommodations the new safe will be found very conven ient, and a particular virtue Is 'that It can be easily moved about to any place where It Is needed. In sum mer time, when an Icebox Is required, the safe can be folded up and put out ofi the way, or . can be placed outside under a shed. UNIQUE VEGETABLE DIGGER. Something new and novel in the way of vegetable diggers has been devised by a Kentucky farmer, the DIQ3 UP ONIONS, ETC. object 'of the contrivance being to catch up onions and similar vegeta bles and the necessarily accompany ing dirt, and by slight shaking sepa rate the dirt from the vegetable. .It can readily be carried In the hands ot the operator who can easily s the digger after he. haa taken up a quantity ot the soil and . vegetable. In construction the digger resembles a., miniature wheelbarrow the recep tacle forming the body, being made ot sheet metal containing innumerable perforations. At the front or small end of the receptacle Is a swinging door, beneath which Is a small shovel. In operation the digger la used as a shovel in lifting the vegetable and the surrounding soil. The digger 1 then shaken separating the vegeta ble from the soil and allowing the latter to pass out through the per foratltfns. ' ' COB CORN LOSES TERROR. Through the ingenuity of a New Tork restaurant man, corn on the cob may now be eaten without an noyance. This man has devised CAR STATS VHERB PLACED, combination - corn holder which not only keeps the , ear from rolling off one's plate, but also enables the diner to manipulate It by means of a rod at either end and avoid smearing the fin gees. A form of eorn holder was Invented several year ago, but It did not meet all the requirements, as does this laUst Jype, and fell into disuse.' The holder described In the cut con suls of a trough, a little . longer and wider than an ear of corn and with slots !nts end ws Ilk - Two rods, with kn' kby wHlch to hold them, are thri-,.lnto the ende of the cob. When eating the corn the cob can he held by these handles, and when the ear is laid down It can be placed in the trough without fear that It will roll oft the plate and leave a track , . ..a .- ... W . " of salted butter on the hostess snowy linen. 1 r WOODWORKING CLAMP. , . - - - , A woodworking clamp especially valuable for gripping ' and holding curved sections of woodwork Is shown In the accompanying Illustration, the ! CLAMPS CURVED SECTIONS. Invention of a' Michigan .man. The clamping of straight sections dt wood work has never prqven dimcuit tor the cabinet-maker, but the joining ot curved pieces Invariably tpreaents problems difficult of solution. - Wh the aid of this adjustable clamp curv ed sectlona can be glued and clamp ed 'Just aa readily as straight pieces and are held with the ordinary clamp. The grlppers are formed with curv ed surfaces so that they will conform to the curve of the woodwork. These grlppers are manipulated by a clamp screw In the centre of the device. By turning the clamp screw the top of the levers carrying the grlppers are forced outward on pivots, thus fore ing the grlppers inward. SCIENCE NOTES. The new university established by the Legislature of Alberta, Canada, will open Its firi term next Septem ber. The site fdf its buildings Is a line one of ISO acres at Strathcona. on the Saskatchewan river, opposite Edmon ton, the provincial capital. Dr. H. M. Tory, 'the president, formerly profes sor at McOill University, says he ex pects to . begin with 40 or SO stu dents. . " -T-1 Mr. Franc Darwin, F. R. 8., has been nominated the representative of Cambridge University at a meeting convened by the Llnnean Society ot London, to be held in' July, In celebra tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the reading of the Joint essay by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace "On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties, and on the Perpettlatlon of Varieties and Species by Natural Means 'of Selection." A very curious "blowing well" Is to be found en .the property of J. B. Murphy, near Raymondsvllle, Ma. This well, which is on a bill, was drilled ln-IlJO to- depth of 187 feet. Soft water was struck at the bottom and rose 7 feet In the well. In a dry time, particularly in the winter, the well becomes dry. In drilling it a cave S feet high was struck at a depth of 100 feet. When the well Is dry. if there is a long prevailing wind from the north, a current of air rushes from the pipe -strong enough to blow the cap from, the tubing. A fight for a "two-cent cable rste between England and America haa been Inaugurated by John Henlkel Heaton, a member of the British Parliament, who led the tight for n two-cent postal rate. It Is proposed for the two governments to acquire possession of the existing cables and to operate them for public benefit. At the present lime the cables are ngkei .S-Q ' ...... 1.t-Uii-r---rl'nTTT r . ; '- fv" . s hip 1 1 i " . " " .rr ''"' v- SfCflr-ro Fiona Plam " -'I : .".'.. 'sm'': i s- :'- - Thl beautiful, Borne or colonial design Is Ideal In both appearane and arrangements The' hall extei ' through the centre of the house on both floor Oa on side of first floor the parlor with bay-wind-jw n -1 library, o athe other the dining room, pantry and kitchen. -In the rear la a porch aloT . The dlnimc r. i window helps te make this a very pretty room. . . '., , AW four bed rooms are-large, bright and well.ventlUted., In fact, ell the' rooms. throuhout the ent'r house are of unusual else. . Plenty of closet space has been provided and the bath room Is located at the nl of the hallway.- , - ...,....... t-.-- ,, -- .- - -; . , ,. . The half story Is ffnlshed as one large room. Tha running Vines add to th tharmlng appearance of n:i nous. . i : , . . . . . .- .-. . ' ; :-.- , - The cost' of building la given In the following Items: 15 . -7 . 'Excavating., 5,,. i,.. ,,,.t 251 stonework and cement floor. '5001 Carpentry . . ... . .... 1 ' - MiuworK...., .,, 1,160 ralntlng and flaslng, .,.,... tn " "". vt worked to about one-twelfth of their total capacity, and It ia argued, tnat the margin offered for Increased busu ness would mane the two-cent rate profitable, i . -: -'- A' new 'system of ; , illumination is offered, Vy th-dicovery-or Professor ftlau. f Germany, which-is a liquid illuminating gas. to be delivered at the houses ot customers at regular periods in much the same manner as coal oil and other commodities are delivered at the present time. A 22 pound cylinder of ga la sufficient to supply - 60-candlepower light ' for four months if used four hours per day. The means of connection be tween the burner and the reservoir Is ' through a fine tube no thicker than an electric light wire and Just as flexible. Etectrlc trucks have ; been Intro duced by the company,-which con trols nearly all the docks of the Brooklyn water front with great success. Formerly trucks run on three wheels were used, and thee were drawn by , horses.- The mat. term of transportatiln by this mean was always necessarily 'slow, and, the action of the feet of the aMlmals tramping constantly over the wood covering of the piers made the Item of repairs a very heavy one. The new trucks carry three times as much as -the horse-drawn ones, be sides reducing the item of dock re pairs to a minimum. In a paper recently read by C. V. Btelnmetx, on "The Future of Elec tricity." he said, among other things: 'The over-population of cities will be relieved by the country becoming practically part of the cities. The latter are fast becoming merely places of business and sites fos factories, office' buildings and board ng houses for bachelors, while fami lies are moving to' suburban homes. The eleetrle railway will aliio make It possible for farmers to draw upon the labor market of cities during tho period of the year when they re quire extra help, men leaving ttylr factory or other employment tem porarily to gt into the couhtry." Dr. 8telnmets, In conclusion, ' ex pressed the opinion that the time may come when the government will have to take charge of all energy, human and otherwise, and direct tt In order that the best conditions In life may be secured and maintained for the great populations of the future, de prived of many of the present gift of nature. With all the water which passes over Niagara Falls the little city at the brink of the great precipice, and which beara It name, has long had a water supply which left much to be desired. Tho first step toward bettering this condition has just beeu made by the appointment of a com mlxslon to take the subject In band and make a report. What seems to be the most feasible plan Is to carry a tunnel under the river to tne Canadian side, where, It I awerted, the water Is of finer quality than that obtainable on the American side. All the industrial companies located at the falls are In favor of an im proved water supply. The present system Is controlled by two com panies, which are not very energetic, and the. service Is unsatisfactory. The new project will cost several mil lion dollars, and after the- plana -axe perfected, the details arranged, the scheme muit be presented to the citizens of the town .for ratification. Tha GuayaqUill and Quito road, In Ecuador, extending 300 miles Inland from the coast to the capital ot the country, has recently been open rd for traffic. This railroad was started over 30 years ago. but it ha only been during the last 10 years that Its construction has been car ried on broadly. Part of this line la over a low, flat .country, but tha western slope of the Andes mountains rises abruptly for JiO miles from th edge of this troplcll strip to a plat eau 11.000 feet ailbve the sea, and from the top of this slope to the City of Quito the eountry Is not so rough. The tropical sections of the line were Hardware, r ........... ,.l 350 Plastering. t ., .., ITi' lumuing, ri. ....... , . ... . . n'l ' . ' -- - ' i -Clvpc 5. APAMS.-AfJCHITCCT - j constructed by' Jamaican Jabnr, t ; the mountainous section ofteriit am engineering obstacles that it w n" - esuary to have thU work , done b more experienced workmen, so thai the contract was let to a bdllUer the United States. - All the supplUs, Including cemtBt for' the masonry, had to be transported for tha hevy mountain work by pack trains. The first step In the construction of this section wns necessarily tho building of a - trail, which ' involved a 1 - larK amount of difficult work. As it wa almost Impossible to use any, grading machinery on the mountain section,' most of this work was done by hand. : The completion jot 'the remainder of the line . provides direct ' communkca-, tlon by : rail "with tho sea- for Quito and the surrounding feglon. . ""The onnFromlh fields tt Califor- -nia 1 a thick, heavy, viscous fluid, withtan asphalt .base, the outpst from the Kern river field being partlcu-, larly heavy. . The oil '. from then) fields is so dense. In fact, that Until recently it . has ben transported al most entirely in tank cars. - Various attempts to handle) H In long pipe lines of the ordinary type nave bee made, however, but these lines b&ve not been prnstlealiy' successful for i various reason A. suggestion ' tor make useof a rifted pipe. -like that of a gun barrel, wan made and a Si mile section built experlmentally. The, success attending this test re sulted in an extension of sthe. rifled line. The method of pumping in tho -rlfled-pipe line is. briefly. to inject about 10 pfr cent, of water with the oil and to give the oil and water a centrifugal motion, by -mean Of thw , rifled pipe, sufficient to throw the wa ter to the outside, where it forms s thin film of lubrication between tho oil, and the sides of the pip that greatly reduces the friction, la fact,, tho rifled pipe operated In this man-:i ner dt livers at ordinary temperature, 8 to 10 times as much oil net. through, a long line as does a line of ordinary ,.. pipe under similar conditions. Tho , rified-plpe line Is also operated en tirely without heating the oil. ' ii.ii v ' SHELDON WILL PUBLISH 'EM. All National ramiMsIgn Rub-wrtpMona to Re Titu-lotd. New Tork Sun. - -i George It. Sheldon, the new treas-., nrer of tho Republican national com -mlttee. went to Hot Springs, Va yes terday to confer with Secretary Taft and the members of the national com- mlttee. ... "As treasurer of the national com mittee," he said before leaving, "t : shall see to It that every publicity He given to the sources from which are) -received the funds which go through my hands and as to -the manner In which that money Is expended. At the close of the campaign I shall make i public full accounts -of the subscrlp- ; tlons received and of the disposition , made of those subscriptions.". ."The people 'of ihls country don't, seem to realise what it costs to run ft national campaign. Campaign lltera tuer alone will require an expenditure of about' 1750, 000, and the cost of sending speakers throughout the coun try will not be less than 1700,000. . "Although many contributors to ; campaign funds do not like the pnh- " Ucation of their names as subscribers . because 'they Immediately become target for beggars, I shall, as tret- ; j-urer-of ther natiimatconiTBTitee'. tot-" low out the course I took when, as treasurer of the Republican Btato committee, I mtde public the names of every subscriber and an Itemised Rall-faccount of tb mnnr In which th- campaign runa was spent." ' . WATERMELON DIRrCTIONS, When you slice a Georgy melon ypu mus know des whar you at, An look out how de knife Is gwlne In; Put one-hall on dls side er you. de yuther hslt on dat, . An' den you git betwixt 'lm an' begin! -An' 'den you puts yo' knife up, an yott sorter licks de blade. An' never stops fer eayln' any grace But eat ontell ynu satisfied roll over In de shade, , An' sleep ontell de sun shine In yo' facet Lumber. . 1. UrUkwork. . i m a t;nce. . . , ... Total ,
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